Pillow-sham holder



Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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e. W. S-CHIFPER -& A. L. KNIGHT; PIILLOW-SHAM HOLDER.

Witnesses UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IV. SCHIFFER AND ARTHUR L. KNIGHT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Pl LLOW-SHAM H OLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,122, dated March26, 1889. Application filed July 16, 1888. Serial No. 280,094.(Nomodel-l To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. SCHlFFER and ARTHUR L. KNIGHT, ofBuffalo, Erie county, New York, have jointly invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders; and we do hereby declarethat the following description of our said invention, taken inconnectionwith the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear,and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to pillow-sham holders; and itconsists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of partsand details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth anddescribed, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate our saidinvention more fully and form a part of this specification, Figure 1 isa front elevation of a portion of a bedstead provided with our improvedpillowsham holder, the right-hand clamping mechanism therein shown beingin section. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan in line as 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the clampingarm with the clamping-screw. Fig. 4is a front view of a portion of the clampingbracket; and Fig. 5, a rearview of the same, like parts being designated by corresponding lettersof reference in all the various figures.

The object of our present invention is the production of a simple andefficient pillowsham holder that can be manufactured and sold at slightcost, and that when in use will not mar or deface the furniture to whichit is applied. To accomplish this object we con struct our pillow-shamholder substantially of two similar brackets, one being right and theother left, so as to fit the respective posts of a bedstead. Each ofthese brackets is composed of the clamping-bracket A, having on one enda preferably bifurcated claw, B, and near the other end a lateralprojection, 0, provided with an aperture, 0, for the object hereinafterto be referred to. The body of this clamping-bracket is longitudinallyslotted at D, and the opposite edges of said slotted portion are notchedor serrated, as shown at E. WVithin this slotted aperture operates orslides aclamping-arm, F, said arm being shown in they are taper.

perspective in Fig. 3. This arm consists of an L-shaped body, one branchof which has a T-shaped head, G, and two catches, a a, the lattercatches engaging the serrations E in the clamping-bracket, ashereinafter to be explained. One of the arms of the L-shaped body Fcarries a thumb-screw, H, having a swiveling-head, h, faced with clothor other similar material, b, so as to prevent the marring of the woodwith which the swivel-head h comes in contact.

I I are two wooden bars or slats held in sliding contact with each otherby means of U-shaped loops J, (see Fig. 1,) one of which is secured toeach bar and loops around the other, said bars being fitted with awireframe, K, of the usual and well-known construction, to form the carriersupon, and to which the pillow-Shams (not shown) are fastened in anydesirable manner. The ends of the bars II are provided with sockets L Lprojecting beyond the ends of said bars a sufficient distance to providefor a space or chamber, f, Fig. l, to receive a coil-spring, M, whichbears with one end against the end of the said bars I I, and with theother against the head of the projection 0, said socket being drivenupon the said bar with an easy driving fit, so as to cause it to retainits position by frictional contact. Through the aperture 0 in the head 0and into the end of the bar I passes a screw, N, which, by beingtightened, brings the head 0 into frictional contact with the spiralspring M, and thereby keeps the frame K in any position into which itmay be placed. The bars I I are slightly tapered on both ends, thoughnot enough so to prevent the screws N from drawing the said bars fartherinto the sockets L L in case it is desired to increase the frictionalcontact between the sockets and the projecting arms 0 of the brackets A.In the drawings the taper of these parts is somewhat exaggerated for thepurpose of showing that The bars I I are made adj ustable in length inthe usual and well-known manner to adapt this device to bedsteads ofvarying Widths.

within the compass of the same, notwithstanding the fact that theclamping-screws H are comparatively short. This is accomplished by theprojections a a" on said clamping-arms engaging any of the notches orserrations E in said arm in a manner readily comprehended.

By constructing the brackets with the serrations or notches, asdescribed, we derive ad vantages not obtainable by the brackets as nowin use, one of such advantages being that it provides for better andquicker adj ustment to fit the device to a bed-post, the.

The arms A, clamps F, and sockets L, as well as all the other metallicparts of the holders, are readily produced in the process of casting ingray or malleable iron. They can also be readily coated with tin,nickel, &c., to improve their appearance and durability, and are thusproduced at a very low figure.

Heretofore pillow-sham holders have been constructed with a socket onthe end of the bars or slats, said socket having centrally a spindle orbolt upon which a further socket on the bracket engages, a spiral springbeing placed into the interior of the latter socket and a nut on thebolt outside of the socket on the bracket arranged to keep the partstogether. In this construction the serious drawbacks exist that the nuton the outside is liable to unscrew and then to allow the parts todisengage or to screw up tighter than originally adjusted, and then toimmovably connect the parts, either of these accidents rendering theapparatus useless. Furthermore, the spiral spring in this device is notcapable of adjustment, because by tightening the nut on the outside theparts are (as already mentioned) drawn into close contact. In our devicethese objections are overcome. The spring cannot cause the bolt in theslat to turn, while the latter bolt, by being tightened, draws the slatfarther into the socket, and thereby increases the tension of saidspring and the friction upon the parts, without, however, interlockingthem, so as to prevent their being readily moved when desired.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure to usby Letters Patent of the United Statcs 1. In pillow-shamholders, the combination, with slotted arms A, having projecting claws Band lateral projecting heads 0, of the L- shaped clampingarm F, providedwith the T-shaped projection G and catches a (1, said catches beingarranged to engage with serrations or notches E along the inner oppositeedges of the slotted aperture 1) in said arm A, substantially as and forthe object stated.

2. In pillow-sham. holders, the combination, with the bars I I, of thesocket-pieces L L, held in frictional contact with and projecting beyondthe ends of said bars, as specified, to produce the chambers f, spiralsprings M, thumb-screws N, and brackets A, having suitable heads, C, tooperate in conjunction with said screws and spiral springs,substantially as and for the object described.

3. In pillow-sham holders, the combination, with a suitable brackethaving heads 0, with apertures c, of the slats I I, having taperingends, the socket-pieces L L, fitted to and projecting over the ends ofsaid slats or bars I I, to form an adjustable chambenf, the spiralsprings ill, located in such chamber, and the bolts N, said bolts beingconstructed to draw the ends of the bars I I farther into the sockets LL to compress the springs M, as and for the object specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we havehereunto set our hands this 7th day of June, 1888.

GEO. NV. SCHIFFER. ARTHUR L. KNIGHT.

Witnesses: I

MICHAEL J. STARK, WM. 0. STARK.

